Here's my entry.
Haloquadratum
My new favorite. It's square and tedious to cultivate, It likes salt and can even live in brine and soy sauce.
The only identifiable species is the Walsbyi.
This is a newer species from Australia.
I almost submitted another entry but changed my mind for fear of cheating.
and put it in a spoiler for the effort I went to.

I have a question about my entry. I did some research into microbials for this contest and learned a lot of really cool stuff. I found one that not only is really cool but fits into what I do for a living as well but all of the research out side of the first article I found calls it an enzyme. Does that still count? I really hope so because it's a really cool little guy.

I have a question about my entry. I did some research into microbials for this contest and learned a lot of really cool stuff. I found one that not only is really cool but fits into what I do for a living as well but all of the research out side of the first article I found calls it an enzyme. Does that still count? I really hope so because it's a really cool little guy.

I have a question about my entry. I did some research into microbials for this contest and learned a lot of really cool stuff. I found one that not only is really cool but fits into what I do for a living as well but all of the research out side of the first article I found calls it an enzyme. Does that still count? I really hope so because it's a really cool little guy.

My entry is for Cellulase. It is used in commercial food processing for things like coffee, for various uses in the paper industry, and (according to an article that lead me to this little guy) being experimented on the field of textiles. Apparently it is being used to "bio-finish" stone washed jeans, saving the cost and use of pumice stones to fade or finish jeans. Because of this I modeled the little guy off of a pumice stone in shape and color. Enjoy!

just wanted to point out that there is no september 31, it ends on the 30th. and also imma take a break from my 12 hour study session and start coloring in my microbes, i jsut realized crunchyroll added the rest of season one. thanks for giving me something to procrastinate with.